ADATA XPG Mars 980 Blade 2TB SSD Review

1. Introduction2. ADATA XPG Mars 98 Blade 2TB3. Testing Methodology4. CrystalDiskMark5. ATTO Disk Benchmark6. AS SSD7. 128KB Sequential Performance8. 4K Random Read v QD Performance9. 4K Random Write v QD Performance10. 4K 70/30 Mixed Performance11. 4K Random Performance QD1-QD812. Throughput13. PCMark 10 Full System Drive Benchmark14. 3DMark Storage Benchmark 15. Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker Official Benchmark16. Temperatures17. Real Life File Testing18. Conclusion19. View All Pages

We used CrystalDiskMark 8‘s custom settings to test the Sequential read and write performance of the drive through a range of queue depths. The setup for the tests is listed below.

Transfer Request Size: 128KB, Thread(s): 1, Outstanding I/O: 1-32.

128KB Sequential Read / Write.

With this Sequential test, we could confirm the official Sequential read/write ratings for the drive of up to 14,000MB/s and up to 13,000MB/s, respectively, with a peak read result of 14,578MB/s with writes at 13,492MB/s.

128KB Sequential Read v QD performance.

The best performance from the XPG Mars 980 Blade came at QD32; its score of 14,578.3MB/s puts it into fifth position in the results chart.

128KB Sequential Write v QD performance.

At QDs 1 & 4, the ADATA XPG Mars 980 Blade sits in the lower half of the results chart; at QD4, it sits in last place. However, at QDs 2 and 32, the drive sits in the top 5 of the charts.

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